Pediatric nursing care : a concept-based approach / Luanne Linnard-Palmer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Unit I. Overview of pediatric nursing care -- Introduction to children's health care -- Care across clinical settings -- Unit II. Safety in caring for children and families -- Essential safety models -- Unit III. Models of care -- Cultural and religious influences to care -- Working and communicating with an interdisciplinary team -- Unit IV. Developmentally focused care and developmental milestone -- Caring for neonates and infants -- Caring for toddlers -- Caring for preschoolers -- Caring for school-age children -- Caring for adolescents -- Symptom management across childhood -- Unit V. Caring for families in need -- Caring for families under stress -- Caring for an abused child -- Unit VI. Concept-based care in pediatrics -- Gastrointestinal elimination -- Metabolism -- Gas exchange and oxygenation -- Skin integrity -- Cellular regulation -- Cardiovascular: perfusion -- Sensory perceptions: impairments and disorders -- Intracranial regulation -- Genitourinary elimination -- Mobility -- Cognition and mental health -- Immune system disorders -- Infection and communicable diseases in childhood -- Unit VII. Implementing principles of safe care -- Essential skills for pediatric nursing -- Safe and legal aspects of care -- Care of the acutely ill or critically ill child -- The dying child.

"Pediatric Nursing Care: A Concept Based Approach, Second Edition, provides guidance for working clinical nurses wanting to cross train or switch clinical practice from adult-oriented care to pediatric nursing, as well as pre-licensure students learning about the complex field of pediatric care"-- Provided by publisher.